Australia Post

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Australia Post is trading name of the Australian Postal Corporation, the mail with a monopoly in small letter mail Australia. Australia Post has established itself as the most comprehensive provider of parcels and logistics services within the Asia–Pacific region.http://www.auspost.com.au/annualreport2006/parcels/parcels.aspLike many monopolies the CEO's discourage direct contact or constructive criticism. In this modern communication age the lines of communication are one way. That is to say, the 'company'/government' sets up lines of communication such as tv and radio advertising that is directed at the consumer with no direct means of reply for the consumer/customer. This is evident in the process of complaints. You would be advised by your local branch to 'write a letter' but finding that address or using the website forms to respond would be futile as there really are no actual ways to respond, only dummy web pages and fragmented, dysfunctional feedback buttons.http://www.auspost.com.au/CUP/0,,CHNONE%257EMO19,00.htmlhttp://www.auspost.com.au/Australia Post is contributing to insanity and frustration in Australia by driving millions of Australians out of their minds everyday by lack of service, lack of empathy, humanity and the inability to provide the services they promise they will.If you do a google search for "contact Australia post" so that you could send an email or write a letter to the appropriate person at Australia post you would find a sponsored link (paid for by you the postal user) at the top of the page stating :"Australia Post , Contributing to everyday life, yesterday, today and tomorrow." If you clicked on that link ( a national organistion with millions of dollars at their disposal) you would find it is a dead link. (Directory Listing DeniedThis Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.)http://www.auspost.com.au/I would encourage all people whom are dissatisfied with service from Australia post to log into wikipedia and contribute and update this article as often as you can as there is no other way of exposing the truth against the government run monopoly.

History The first postmaster of New South Wales was an ex-convict, Isaac Nichols, who took the post in 1809, and postal services grew throughout the Australian colonies as they were established. His main job was to take charge of letters and parcels arriving by ship, to avoid the chaos of people rushing onto the ships as soon as they arrived at Sydney's wharves.

A regular Sydney-Melbourne overland service began in 1838, as did embossed covers (the world's first)prepaid postage , and by 1849 uniform postal rates were established by agreement between the colonies. Monthly steamship sea mail to the United Kingdom was established in 1856. The separate colonies joined the Universal Postal Union in 1891.

In 1901, the colonial mail systems were merged into the Postmaster General's Department (or PMG). This body was responsible for telegraph and domestic telephone operations as well as postal mail. According to Australia Post, the world's first large-scale mechanical mail sorting system was introduced in Australia, and operational in the Sydney GPO.

On July 1, 1975, separate government commissions were created to undertake the operational responsibilities of the PMG. One of these was the Australian Postal Commission, trading as Australia Post. It later changed its name to the Australian Postal Corporation on January 1, 1989 when it was corporatised, although it still trades as Australia Post.

Current activities Over the last 15 years, Australia Post has broadened its product and service range and invested in major technology-based infrastructure programs. Today, it operates in three core areas: letters, retail and agency services, and parcels and logistics. It offers delivery services, retail products, financial services (such as bill payment and banking through its retail network), logistics and fulfilment services, and direct marketing and database management services. It also has a number of subsidiaries and joint ventures, including Sai Cheng Logistics International – a joint-venture logistics company established with China Post.

Australia Post remains a government business enterprise. It is self-funding and uses its assets and resources to earn profits, which can be reinvested in the business or returned as dividends to its shareholder, the Commonwealth Government. Under its community service obligations, Australia Post is committed to providing an accessible, affordable and reliable letter service for all Australians wherever they reside. The corporation reaches more than 10 million Australian addresses; operates 4,462 postal outlets; and serves more than a million customers in postal outlets every business day.

Under the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, letters up to 250 grams are reserved to Australia Post – other people and businesses can only carry them if they charge four times the basic postage rate. All of the other goods and services provided by Australia Post are sold in fully competitive markets and, in 2005–06, nearly 90 per cent of the corporation’s profit (from ordinary activities before net interest and tax) came from selling products and services in competitive markets.

Board Members

David Mortimer (Chairman)
Graeme John (Managing Director)
Mark Birrell
Margaret M Gibson
Peter McLaughlin
Sandra McPhee
Tom R. Phillips
Ian Warner

Graeme John (Managing Director)

Jim Marshall (General Manager, Mail & Networks Division)
Bill Mitchell (General Manager, Commercial Division)
Mark Howard (General Manager, Corporate Infrastructure Services Division)
Peter Meehan (Chief Financial Officer)
Michael McCloskey (Coporate Secretary)
Shane Morris (Group Manager, Corporate Strategy)
Rod McDonald (Group Manager, Human Resources)
Stephen Walter (Group Manager, Corporate Public Affairs)
Paul Burke (Manager, Board & Shareholder Liaison)

(Note : you will not find contact email or snail mail addresses for these people as they will not be held accountable for any dealings with business or the public. The main website has dead links ) Employment Empty cells have no data available for that year. All results at 30 June.

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Australia Post Facts: 2005-06

Revenue of $4.53 Billion.

Profit (before tax) of $515.6 Million.

$267.3 Million will be paid out in Dividends (to the Australian Federal Government) from the 2005-06 results.

Handled 5.42 billion mail items.

Delivered 94.9% of letters on time or early.

Just over half of Australia Post's revenue comes from delivering letters, the rest comes from other activities.

Processed 194 million agency-based bill payment transactions.

Australia Post has over 4,462 outlets.

Australia Post has over 34,800 employees.

Australia Post owns 50% of Australian Air Express and Star Track Express with the remainder of both companies held by Qantas

All undelivered items go to the mail redistribution centres, which attempts to return the items to their sender.